Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1893 — Could Then Lick Stamps. [ARTICLE]

Could Then Lick Stamps.

The chance that General John Corse, who “held the fort” at Allatoona, and, after a terrible battle, declared that he could “lick all hell yet,” may again be appointed to office, recalls to the Boston Globe this incident: When he was made postmaster of Boston, the newspapers were full of stories of his valor, and scores of clippings were sent to him at his home in Winchester. Repetitions of the phrase just quoted were abundant. At length, one day, his wife, half in jest and half in a feeling of annoyance, said to the general: “There is one consolation at least, and that is you have got through licking all hell, and will occupy yourself for some time to come In licking postage-stamps. ”